Jonathan Dowdall admits false imprisonment at Special Criminal Court

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Jonathan Dowdall pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and threatening to kill at the Special Criminal Court, which accepted the allegations in a report on 31 May 2017.

The charges arose from the detention of Alexander Hurley at a Navan Road address in Dublin on 15 January 2015. The court accepted that Hurley was ushered into a garage and held there for approximately two hours, and that threats were made against his family.

The three-judge non-jury court was due to proceed with sentencing the following day.